Tile Engine (MSTE C32)

Tile-based scrolling for legacy CRM32Pro games.

MSTE is a cross-platform tile-based scroll engine for CRM32Pro SDK projects, designed for layered 2D maps, parallax scrolling and Tiled TMX import.

CRM32Pro SDK
Tile maps
TMX import
Parallax scrolling
LGPL license

Legacy engine module

MSTE is now a legacy CRM32Pro tile engine for maintaining older 2D games and tools. For new projects, use the CRM64Pro GDK, which includes the modern Scene system, TMX/TSX workflows and EditorC64 resource tooling.

Overview

MSTE started as a scroll engine and evolved into a stable, powerful and easy-to-use tile-based engine for building many kinds of 2D games with CRM32Pro.

It supports layered orthogonal maps, runtime viewport control, independent or grouped scrolling layers, auto-scrolling, custom map data and multiple import/export workflows.

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Details

Map Structure

Top-level map entity composed of one or more layers.
Orthogonal view.
Any number of layers defined at runtime.
Viewport and target surface can be changed at runtime.
Layers can be independent or grouped, with standard or parallax scrolling.
Auto-scrolling support.

Layers and Cells

Layers store cell map data and additional attributes.
Any map width and height in cells.
Individual cells can use any size.
Cells reference tiles from a tileset.
Any number of tilesets, each with its own size. Tiles larger than a cell extend upward and to the right.
Alpha value attribute from 0, fully transparent, to 255, fully opaque.
OnUpdateEnd and OnRenderEnd events for each layer.
Optional smooth scrolling for cleaner movement.
Custom map classes through C++ inheritance for project-specific data.
Optional cell-border rendering for grid debugging.